AS Media Production: Technical Skills Audit Print Production

AS Media Production: Technical Skills Audit Print Production

Name: Lauren Wilson                          Tutor group:1.25       Date: 18.09.2013

Photographic Skills

Which of the following photographic features/equipment have you used on a camera before:

Feature	Yes	No	Comments if yes – where have you completed this skills and to what level
Manual Focus features Creative writing classes		X
Shutter Speed	X		GCSE Photography in Year 9, very basic.
Aperture control		X
A tripod	X		GCSE Photography in Year 9, once or twice.
External flash		X
Self timer facility	X		Own camera, a few times.
Light meter		X
Composition grids	X		GCSE Photography, learned the basics but can’t remember it very well.

Photoshop Skills

Which of the following features of Photoshop have you used before:

Feature	Yes	No	Comments if yes – where have you completed this skills and to what level
Text control		X
Filters	X		GCSE Photography, on a few of my final piece edits.
Brushes	X		GCSE Photography, only basic.
Layers	X		Used them quite a lot in GCSE Photography – I based my coursework on layered photography.
Opacity control	X		GCSE Photography, again quite a lot.
Shape creation		X
Brightness and contrast control	X		Quite a bit in GCSE Photography.
Dodge/Burn		X
Clone stamp tool		X
Colour curves adjustment	X		GCSE Photography, once or twice.
Magnetic lasso, polygon lasso tool		X
Cropping tool	X		GCSE Photography, a lot.
Retouch tool		X

In Design Skills

Which of the following features of In Design have you used before:

Feature	Yes	No	Comments if yes – where have you completed this skills and to what level
Margin and column guide creation		X
Inserting text in ID		X
Inserting images in ID		X
Resizing images in ID		X
Text manipulation – resizing, rotation		X
Text manipulation – controlling kerning and leading		X
Text flow creation		X
Text effects – drop shadow		X
Drop cap insert		X
Using transparent imagery in ID		X
Shape creation In design		X
Text wrapping		X
Exporting to PDF from In-design		X